In light of the activation of national guard and armed forces reserve units, employers should make sure they understand their obligations to employees and applicants for employment who are members
Under the mandates of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, public companies are now required to establish and evaluate disclosure controls and procedures in addition to the accounting controls and procedures.
1. In October, both the Maryland Health Care Commission (HCC) and the Health Services Cost Review Commission moved their offices across Patterson Avenue to Reisterstown Road Plaza in Pikesville.
There has been much confusion surrounding the ability of the fifty states to regulate health benefits provided by employers to their employees. During the past year, however, the U.S.
In a Pennsylvania malpractice suit arising out of an alleged failure to diagnose prostate cancer on a timely basis, a patient alleged that his injuries were caused in part by the financial incentiv
UPDATE: The Maryland Court of Appeals has ruled that Maryland's Wage Payment & Collection Act (the "Act") prohibits an employer from conditioning payment of a commission upon a
Employers are increasingly considering offering health benefits to their employees' domestic partners. Employers who offer such benefits must make plan design decisions.
Tired of paying exorbitant fees to temporary nursing agencies to fill the nursing shortage, many health care employers are recruiting and hiring foreign nurses.
In February of 2002, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) decided not to challenge a physician group's plan to operate as a clinically integrated joint venture and jointly to negotiate contracts with
Corporate responsibilities have increased dramatically since the recent passage of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, the modifications to the corporate governance standards adopted by the New York Stock Exch
The Maryland Court of Appeals ruled that equipment which the Injured Workers' Insurance Fund ("IWIF") used to monitor and record incoming and outgoing calls did not qualify as "telephone equipment
On July 30, 2002, President Bush signed into law the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (the "Act"), which significantly increases federal regulation of accounting firms and corporate governance of compani
The Americans with Disability Act of 1990 (the "ADA") prohibits employers from using qualification standards that screen out or that have a tendency to screen out an individual with a disability or
The Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals, the federal appellate court with jurisdiction for Maryland, Virginia, West Virginia, and North and South Carolina, has ruled, in Virmani v.
It used to be that Olympic athletes competed only for the love of the game, unconcerned about professional and commercial success. So too, it used to be that university professors and governm
The Maryland Court of Special Appeals, in a decision issued on December 4, 2001, held that Maryland's Wage Payment & Collection Act prohibits an employer from conditioning payment of a commissi
